DYLANE MOREAU

The perfect French with Dylane

 Table of contents
The 8 most important rules 1
How to study? 2
Where to start? 2
French pronunciation 3
French grammar and conjugation 3
French vocabulary 4
French listening practice 4

French Pronunciation Lessons To Follow 5

French Grammar & Conjugation Lessons To Follow 7
French Vocabulary To Follow 11
Let's Practice More! 12

Recommendations 13
Website recommendations 13
Book recommendations 14
Comic Book recommendations 15
Movie recommendations 16
TV Show recommendations 17
Podcast recommendations 18

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What to know before you start learning French?
The 8 most important rules:
1. Le genre des noms
French has two genders (masculine and feminine) but not only for people, for everything around you.
Every object, every animal, everything has a gender. Because of this, when studying vocabulary,
always study vocabulary with an article in front (Un – Une and Le – La).

2. Le pluriel des noms

The plural of nouns in French isn’t pronounced. We can distinguish the difference between singular
and plural nouns by the article in front (Les – Des) and by the conjugation of the verb.

3. On and Nous
In French, we use a subject pronoun that doesn’t exist in English. On is the equivalent of nous (we)
but it is conjugated like he or she, as a singular pronoun. On is the casual nous, nous being more
often used for formal speaking and writing.

4. Il and elle
As I said earlier, everything in French has a gender, therefore, the neutral doesn’t exist. Only Il (he)
and Elle (she) is used for everything and everyone.

5. Silent letters
As you will see in the pronunciation videos, written French and spoken French look like two different
languages. The main reason is because French has a lot of silent letters. We will see them in the
pronunciation lessons.

6. The sounds
French has a lot of specific sounds made of 2 or more letters. While in English most letters are
pronounced individually, French uses specific sounds for each letter combination.

7. The liaisons
A final note about pronunciation is the liaisons. When hearing French, you might think that some
sounds appear out of nowhere between two words. This is what is called “une liaison”. We use them
to have a better flow of pronunciation.

8. Être and avoir

Être (to be) and avoir (to have) are the 2 most used French verbs. The biggest problem comes from
their uses in simple situations such as saying that you are hungry or even telling your age. While
English uses «to be» to talk about most things about yourself, French uses the verb «to have» – To
have hunger, to have 34 years old, etc.

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 How to study?
This is a question that I have gotten from people of all ages and all backgrounds. I tried to find the
best way to study for everyone many times. Until I realized that I have no answer for it, besides
studying the way that works for you. We have all been to school for many years, studied for many
hours, and most likely develop a method that works for us.

I personally have a photographic memory and have found that writing and reading were the best
practices when learning a language. This is the way I was taught at school, and it still worked when I
decided to learn English as an adult.

Where to start?

All the lessons suggested in this self-study guide are my own and follow my 4 books:

The Complete French Pronunciation Course The Complete French Grammar Course

The Complete French Conjugation Course The Complete French Vovabulary Course

The videos are free to watch but the accompanying audio and exercises are only available if you
purchase the books. Click on each of the titles to find out how to get them as a paperback, a PDF, or
as an eBook.

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French pronunciation
The first thing that you should study is pronunciation. As said earlier in the most important rules to
remember, written French and spoken French are like two different languages.
But why?
Learning the pronunciation rules, how the spelling impacts the pronunciation and vice versa, will give
you a great foundation. You will be able to connect spoken French and written French. Do not pass
up this opportunity to make your French learning easier.

French grammar and conjugation

French grammar and conjugation are 2 different books, 2 different courses. Why? Because they are
both more than 400 pages. This was the only way I could cover all the points I wanted to and offer a
true complete course for each.

In this self-study guide, I combined both courses to create what I believe is the simplest path to learn
French. In doing so, you will get the chance to learn in detail every aspect of French grammar and
French conjugation.

What verbs and what tenses to study?

I usually recommend learning the 10 most important verbs and to study the verbs that you use the
most in your own language.

The 10 most important verbs are:

- Être – To be
- Avoir – To have
- Faire – To do / To make
- Aller – To go
- Falloir – To be necessary
- Mettre – To put
- Vouloir – To want
- Pouvoir – To be able to
- Devoir – To have to
- Dire – To tell / To say

What tenses should you study?

They are many tenses in French but here are the ones that you will use and encounter most:
- Le présent de l’indicatif – The present tense
- Le passé composé – The perfect tense
- L’imparfait – The imperfect tense
- Le passé récent – The recent past

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- Le futur simple – The future tense
- Le futur proche – The near future
- Le conditionnel présent – The present conditional
- L’impératif – The imperative
- Le subjonctif – The subjunctive
- Le plus-que-parfait – The pluperfect
- Le futur antérieur – The future perfect
- Le conditionnel passé – The conditional perfect
- Le participe présent et le gérondif – The present participle and gerund
- La voix passive – The passive voice

In the second part of this self-study guide (grammar and conjugation), I will walk through all the
tenses you need to learn.

French vocabulary
Vocabulary is a very specific subject. I made a course/book about all the subjects you need and
could need. Incorporate it slowly into your learning journey or tackle it all at once. The choice is
yours.
But no matter how you learn, always study French by word families (I wrote a dictionary with this
method), this will multiply your vocabulary in no time!

How to learn vocabulary?

This is a very personal question and I have a very personal answer. It all depends on the words you
use daily. By following all the lessons from this self-study guide, you will learn a lot of vocabulary.
Simply add to this knowledge by being curious and asking yourself how would I say that in French?
Do I know the word for this in French? You are in the best position to know what words you know
and what words you use.

French listening practice

You should spend a lot of time listening to French, but only after the pronunciation course. The best
way is to listen to an audio book, or any audio, and reading at the same time. You can find my
recommendations for books at the end of this guide.

Without further ado, here is your self-study list of all the lessons you will need to reach a good
fluency in French.
Click on “The lesson” to be redirected to the video-lesson. Use the next column to follow the
exercises and recordings for each course.

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FRENCH PRONUNCIATION
THE LESSON THE VIDEO THE AUDIOS
click to watch

1. The alphabet The lesson N. 1

2. The French accent aigu The lesson N. 2 - 3

3. The French accent grave The lesson /

4. Pronunciation of â ê î ô û The lesson /

5. Tréma Ë Ï And Ç Cédille The lesson /

6. How to spell in French The lesson /

7. Silent letters The lesson /

8. Contractions / Élision The lesson /

9. When to link words in French The lesson /

10. Pronunciation of É The lesson N. 2 - 6

11. Pronunciation of È The lesson N. 7 - 17

12. Pronunciation of On Om The lesson N. 18 - 20

13. Pronunciation of An Am En Em The lesson N. 21 - 25

14. Pronunciation of In Im Ain Ein Yn Ym The lesson N. 26 - 30

15. Pronunciation of Un Um The lesson N. 31 - 32

16. Pronunciation of Ien The lesson N. 33 - 34

17. Pronunciation of Oin The lesson N. 35

18. How French vowels change The lesson /

the pronunciation of a word
19. Pronunciation of A À Â The lesson N. 36 - 37

20. Pronunciation of E The lesson N. 38 - 40

21. Pronunciation of Eu and Œu The lesson N. 41 -42

22. Pronunciation of I And Y The lesson N. 43 - 45

23. Pronunciation of O - Ô - Au - Eau The lesson N. 46 - 47

24. Pronunciation of Oi The lesson N. 48 - 49

25. Pronunciation of U and Ou The lesson N. 50 - 52

26. Pronunciation of Ui The lesson N. 53 - 54

27. Pronunciation of Il - Ille The lesson N. 55

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FRENCH PRONUNCIATION
THE LESSON THE VIDEO THE AUDIOS
click to watch

28. Pronunciation of Ail - Aille The lesson N. 56

29. Pronunciation of Eil - Eille - Ay The lesson N. 57 - 58

30. Pronunciation of Ouille The lesson N. 59

31. Pronunciation of Euil - Euille - Œil The lesson N. 60

32. Pronunciation of B The lesson N. 61 - 62

33. When C is pronounced C / S / G The lesson N. 63 - 64

34. Pronunciation of Ch The lesson N. 65 - 66

35. Pronunciation of D The lesson N. 67 - 68

36. Pronunciation of F and Ph The lesson N. 69 - 70

37. Pronunciation of G The lesson N. 71 - 72

38. Pronunciation of J The lesson N. 73 - 74

39. H muet and H aspiré The lesson N. 75 - 76

40. Pronunciation of K and Q The lesson N. 77 - 78

41. Pronunciation of L The lesson N. 79 - 80

42. Pronunciation of M The lesson N. 81 - 82

43. Pronunciation of N and Gn The lesson N. 83 - 86

44. Pronunciation of P The lesson N. 87 - 88

45. Pronunciation of R The lesson N. 89 - 90

46. Pronunciation of S and Z The lesson N. 91 - 94

47. Pronunciation of T - Tien - Tion The lesson N. 95 - 96

48. Pronunciation of V The lesson N. 97 - 98

49. Pronunciation of W The lesson /

50. Pronunciation of X The lesson /

51. 25 unusual French pronunciations The lesson N. 99

52. Stress in French The lesson /

53. Reading practice - Le printemps The lesson N. 100 - 101

54. Reading practice - Ma journée idéale The lesson N. 102 - 103

55. Reading practice - Le Canada The lesson N. 104 - 105

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 FRENCH GRAMMAR &
CONJUGATION
THE LESSON THE VIDEO THE EXERCISES
click to watch

1. Simple sentence The lesson 1.1 - 1.2

2. Une Une Des - Indefinite articles The lesson /

Grammar

3. Gender of nouns The lesson 1.3 - 1.6

4. Plural of nouns The lesson 1.7 - 1.11

5. Subject pronouns The lesson 1.12 - 1.15

6. Le La Les - Definite articles The lesson 1.16 - 1.18

7. Du De la Des - Partitive articles The lesson 1.19 - 1.20

The present tense

8. When to use the present tense The lesson /

9. Regular -er verbs The lesson 1.1 - 1.4

10. Irregular -er verbs The lesson 1.5 - 1.13

11. Regular -ir vebrs The lesson 1.14 - 1.15

12. Regular -re verbs The lesson 1.16

13. Être The lesson 1.17 - 1.18

14. Avoir The lesson 1.19 - 1.20

Conjugation

15. Aller The lesson 1.21 - 1.22

16. Faire The lesson 1.23 - 1.24

17. Jouer à / de - Faire de The lesson 1.25

18. Prendre The lesson 1.26 - 1.27

19. Mettre and battre The lesson 1.30

20. Venir and tenir The lesson 1.31

21. Irregular -ir verbs - Part 1 The lesson 1.32 - 1.35

22. Irregular -ir verbs - Part 2 The lesson 1.36 - 1.37

23. Devoir - Vouloir - Pouvoir The lesson 1.38

24. Dire - Rire - Valoir The lesson 1.39 - 1.41

25. Impersonal verbs The lesson 1.44

26. Reflexive verbs The lesson 1.49 - 1.54

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 FRENCH GRAMMAR &
CONJUGATION
THE LESSON THE VIDEO THE EXERCISES
click to watch

27. C'est - Ce sont - Il est The lesson 1.26 - 1.27

Grammar

28. Ce Cet Cette Ces The lesson 1.28 - 1.29

29. Possessive adjectives The lesson 1.30

30. Count in French The lesson 1.31 - 1.33

31. The French negation The lesson 1.34 - 1.37

The passé composé

32. Build the passé composé The lesson 2.1

33. Passé composé with avoir The lesson 2.2 - 2.5

Conjugation

34. Passé composé with Être The lesson 2.6 - 2.7

35. Agreement with avoir The lesson 2.8 - 2.9

36. When to use the passé composé The lesson 2.10 - 2.15

37. Passé composé of reflexive verbs The lesson 2.16 - 2.17

38. Passé composé in negation The lesson 2.18 - 2.20

and questions

39. Il y a The lesson

1.43
40. The preposition à The lesson
2.1 - 2.6
41. The preposition de The lesson
2.7 - 2.12
42. The preposition en The lesson 2.13 - 2.14
Grammar

43. Aller and prepositions The lesson 2.15

44. Prepositions of place The lesson 2.16 - 2.17

45. Prepositions of time The lesson 2.18 - 2.21

46. Pour and par The lesson 2.22 - 2.25

47. When not to use an article The lesson 2.26

48. Same verb - Different prepositions The lesson 2.27

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 FRENCH GRAMMAR &
CONJUGATION
THE LESSON THE VIDEO THE EXERCISES
click to watch

The imparfait
Conjugation

49. How to build the imparfait The lesson 3.1 - 3.4

50. When to use the imparfait The lesson 3.5 - 3.10

51. Imparfait vs Passé composé The lesson 4.1 - 4.9

52. The recent past The lesson 5.1 - 5.3

53. Yes - No questions The lesson 2.29 - 2.31
54. Quand Comment Pourquoi
Où Combien The lesson 2.32

55. Qui Que Quoi The lesson 2.33 - 2.36

Grammar

56. Quel and Lequel The lesson 2.37 - 2.39

57. The French adjectives The lesson 3.1 - 3.5

58. Where to place the adjective The lesson 3.6 - 3.7

59. Comparative & Superlative The lesson 3.11 - 3.14

60. Indefinite adjectives The lesson 3.15

61. The future tense The lesson 6.1 - 6.8

C

62. The near future The lesson 7.1 - 7.3

63. Direct object and DOP The lesson 4.1 - 4.5

Grammar

64. Indirect object and IOP The lesson 4.6 - 4.9

65. Y and EN The lesson 4.10 - 4.13

66. The pronouns together The lesson 4.14 - 4.15

67. The conditional The lesson 8.1 - 8.7

68. The imperative The lesson 9.1 - 9.3

C

69. The imperative and pronouns The lesson 9.4 - 9.8

70. The emphatic pronouns The lesson 5.1 - 5.4

Grammar

71. The possessive pronouns The lesson 5.5

72. The demonstrative pronouns The lesson 5.6 - 5.8

73. The indefinite demonstrative The lesson 5.9 - 5.10
pronouns

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 FRENCH GRAMMAR &
CONJUGATION
THE LESSON THE VIDEO THE EXERCISES
click to watch

74. The indefinite pronouns The lesson 5.11

G

75. The relative pronouns The lesson 5.12 - 5.17

76. Ce qui Ce que Ce dont The lesson 5.18 - 5.22

Infinitive verbs
Conjugation

77. Infinitive verbs - Part 1 The lesson 10.1 - 10.4

78. Infinitive verbs - Part 2 The lesson 10.5 - 10.10

79. Infinitive verbs - Part 3 The lesson 10.11 - 10.14

80. The adverbs The lesson 6.1 - 6.2

Grammar

81. Where to place the adverbs The lesson 6.3 - 6.4

82. Bon vs Bien The lesson 6.5 - 6.7

83. Encore & Toujours The lesson 6.8 - 6.9

84. The conjunctions The lesson 6.12 - 6.15

85. How to build the subjunctive The lesson 11.1 - 11.4

86. When to use the subjunctive The lesson 11.5 - 11.15

Conjugation

87. Plus-que-parfait The lesson 12.1 - 12.3

88. Futur antérieur The lesson 13.1 - 13.2

89. Conditionnel passé The lesson 14.1 - 14.2

90. Participe passé & gérondif The lesson 15.1 - 15.3

91. The passive voice The lesson 16.1

91. The passive voice The lesson 16.1

Review grammar The lesson 7.1 - 7.20

Review conjugation The lesson 18.1 - 18.49

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 FRENCH VOCABULARY
THE LESSON THE VIDEO THE EXERCISES
click to watch

1. French gender and plural of nouns The lesson 1.1 - 1.11

2. Les personnes The lesson 2.1 - 2.8

3. Les émotions & Les caractéristiques The lesson 3.1 - 3.10

4. Les métiers The lesson 4.1 - 4.5

5. Les pays - Les nationalités - The lesson 5.1 - 5.3

Les langues

6. Les couleurs The lesson 6.1 - 6.3

7. Le visage et l'hygiène The lesson 7.1 - 7.9

8. Le corps The lesson 8.1 - 8.9

9. Les vêtements The lesson 9.1 - 9.7

10. Les sports The lesson 10.1 - 10.7

11. Les animaux The lesson 11.1 - 11.11

12. La nature The lesson 12.1 - 12.8

13. Les vacances et les transports The lesson 13.1 - 13.9
14. En ville The lesson 14.1 - 14.7
15. Le temps The lesson 15.1 - 15.2
16. Les passe-temps The lesson 16.1 - 16.12
17. La technologie The lesson 17.1 - 17.3

18. La maison The lesson 18.1 - 18.10

19. La cuisine The lesson 19.1 - 19.18

20. Le temps et les mesures The lesson 20.1 - 20.10

21. Les préfixes The lesson 21.1 - 21.14

22. Les suffixes The lesson 22.1 - 22.9

23. Les homophones The lesson 23.1

24. 100 English words commonly used in The lesson 24.1 - 24.5
French (you already know them!)

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 LET'S PRACTICE MORE
Some subjects seem to be trickier for most students. I have a series (in the making) of smaller
textbooks to focus on specific subjects. The first one being Passé composé vs Imparfait.

Passé composé vs Imparfait

The lesson

Textbooks coming soon:

Le subjonctif - The subjunctive

Les prépositions et les pronoms - Prepositions and pronouns
Le genre et les nombres - Gender and number
Les adjectifs - Adjectives

Coming in December - 365 exercises to practice everyday of the year

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Website recommendations
Click on the website to access it.

L'Express Mademoizelle

Trace Ta Route Je Cuisine

Journal Du Geek Arte

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Book recommendations
Read what you enjoy. Even a book that you read in English and you enjoyed, try re-reading it in
French. I am a big fan of Harry Potter and I read them all in English as soon as I felt confident
enough to do so. Click on the book to access it.

Le Petit Nicolas Le Petit Prince Changer L'Eau Des Fleurs

Les Yeux Jaunes Du

Tout Le Bleu Du Ciel Petit Pays
Crocodile

Madame Bovary L'Insignifiante Manon Des Sources

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Comic Book recommendations
Click on the comic book to access it.

Gaston Lucky Luke Les Femmes En Blanc

Zarla Mélusine Astérix

Le Chat Tintin L'Agent 212

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Movie recommendations

Le Fabuleux Destin
d’Amélie Poulain Intouchables La Grande Vadrouille

Léon Le Dîner De Cons La Cité De La Peur

Les Tontons Flingueurs Astérix & Obélix OSS 117

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TV Show recommendations

Dix Pour Cent Les Revenants

Engrenages Baron Noir

Le Bureau Des Légendes Lupin

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Podcast recommendations

Learn French by Podcast Coffee Break French

French Your Way Le RDV Tech

La French Touch Le Gratin

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